It's been awhile since Connie Dawson has put on a nice new dress.
“Like 30 years,” she said, Monday.
Dawson was homeless and addicted to drugs before she came to Hope Place, a shelter for victims of domestic violence and addiction run by Seattle's Union Gospel Mission.
“You wouldn't recognize me from the last year, it's a big difference, attitude and everything,” she said.
Today, she's clean and sober and among a group of women who are getting a styling makeover, just in time for Easter. A team of volunteer fashion bloggers and stylists helped select outfits for them.
“This day is just amazing, how many people are willing to do this kind of thing for people who don't have anything,” she said.
“I think the most amazing part of it is that it's a new, a gift that has no attachment to it, so many times the women here, when they've received something, there's strings attached,” said Sharon Redding, director of women and children’s ministries.
For many participants, the new clothes are a match for a new chapter of their lives.
“I think it's an incredible picture of that transformation and putting on something new,” Redding said.
